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Isabel Ortiz

Isabel Ortiz is director of the Global Social Justice Program at the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University. She was previously director of the Social Protection Department of the International Labor Organization.

Neglected, sacrificed: older persons during the Covid-19 pandemic

Isabel Ortiz

Older persons have suffered a terrible toll from the coronavirus—now countries must invest in long-term care.

Another year of living dangerously

Isabel Ortiz

Twenty twenty will be another year of living dangerously if short-term policies continue to be pursued at the expense of long-term vision.